Article ID: | iaor19991594 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 103 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 55 |
End Page Number: | 82 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1997 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Inderfurth Karl, Kok Ton G. de |
Using a rolling horizon planning framework in inventory control leads to nervousness in the planning system caused by instability of order release decisions in successive planning cycles. For a single-stage inventory system with arbitrary stochastic demand it is shown analytically, how planning stability is affected by policy parameters if